# Amputations at Elberta Crate & Box Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017076648` · 7/18/2017 · BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Elberta Crate & Box Co.
- **Location:** 606 Dothan Highway, BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, 39818
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing wooden cleats from a top conveyor belt and tossing them onto a bottom belt when the employee's right thumb was caught between the bottom belt's chain and sprocket, amputating 3/4 of the right thumb tip.

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